Keywords: Craigie House
Item 15887
Library, Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1974
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1974 Location: Cambridge Media: Color transparency
Item 15473
Laundry room in the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1930
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1930 Location: Cambridge Media: Wood, metal
Item 41738
22 Craigie Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Susan Powers Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 41743
42 Craigie Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Edward Lincoln Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 150293
Residence at 182 Craigie Street, Portland, 1959
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Portland; Portland Client: John Howard Stevens Architect: John Howard Stevens
Item 150294
House on Craigie Street for Clifton M. Foss, Portland, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Clifton M. Foss Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.
Exhibit
A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh
In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.
Site Page
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2
"… House Collection, while Zilpah’s is found at the Craigie-Longfellow House in Cambridge. Drawing of a woman on a tintype, ca."
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: The Writer's Hour - "Footprints on the Sands of Time"
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
These lessons will introduce the world-famous American writer and a selection of his work with a compelling historical fiction theme. Students take up the quest: Who was HWL and did his poetry leave footprints on the sands of time? They will "tour" his Cambridge home through young eyes, listen, and discuss poems from a writers viewpoint, and create their own poems inspired by Longfellow's works. The interdisciplinary approach utilizes critical thinking skills, living history, technology integration, maps, photos, books, and peer collaboration.
The mission is to get students keenly interested in what makes a great writer by using Longfellow as a historic role model. The lessons are designed for students at varying reading levels. Slow learners engage in living history with Alices fascinating search through the historic Craigie house, while gifted and talented students may dramatize the virtual tour as a monologue. Constant discovery and exciting presentations keep the magic in lessons. Remember that, "the youthful mind must be interested in order to be instructed." Students will build strong writing skills encouraging them to leave their own "footprints on the sands of time."
